Of course The Sydney Siege is politically motivated. @TonyAbbott MHR. Abbott made our country a target when he involved us in another war against advise he was given by advisers.... In his second statement since the siege began, Mr Abbott confirmed the gunmans actions were #political - but he has not declared it is an act of terrorism. abc.net.au/news/2014-12-15/abbott-says-it-is-unclear-if-sydney-siege-politically-motivated/5967860 Tony Abbott is desperate to go to #war, but what are the costs and what is he really signing the Australian people up for? https://independentaustralia.net/article-display/tony-abbotts-reckless-crusade,6951 PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has ignored #warnings Australia involvement in the attack on the Islamic State could incite further Muslim radicals nationwide by committing 600 troops to the US-led operation. sunshinecoastdaily.au/news/Abbott-commits-600-troops-to-war-on-ISIS-at-US-req/2386133/ Abbott’s terrorism #scare is a desperate ploy from a deeply unpopular government. The result has been scores of Islamophobic attacks, including physical violence, on Muslims across the country. At the same time, Abbott has enthusiastically gone to war in Iraq, joining the #US Coalition against Islamic State. RAAF planes are already carrying out bombing raids and Abbott has refused to rule out sending troops. solidarity.net.au/highlights/editorial-war-and-terror-desperate-moves-from-a-desperate-government/ Abbott is talking in #apocalyptic terms about the enemy, and he has the videos to prove it: Islamic State is indeed a horrible bunch, and should be eliminated. In conscience Australia cannot leave the Iraqi people to face this horror, this pure evil, alone, or ask others to do in the name of human decency what we wont do ourselves, he thundered. He makes a good argument. But the problem is that it is a little too good. A moral crusade, however passionate it may be, is not the business of a national government. This is not to say that Australia should ignore the outrages, but it is to say that any implementation has to be tempered, indeed subordinated, to the national interest. Otherwise we would have never-ending wars against everybody, in the model of George Orwells dystopian satire 1984. abc.net.au/news/2014-09-15/maccallum-sending-our-forces-into-another-mission-impossible/5744482
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